The land, which was originally set aside for public use, was subsequently sold off to other individuals who had set out to develop a residential property, but the Muthaiga North Residents’ Association successfully challenged the ownership before NLC. The NLC in November 2018 revoked the private title to the
However, they claim that the land use at the time was for the development of nursery school and they faced opposition from the residents pushing for development of a school within the locality. Mr Mungai, an engineer who works in Eldoret, says that they asked the vendor, Mr James Kariuki Nganga to undertake the change of user from nursery to residential which he allegedly did. The couple claim that they had started mobilising materials for the development of their property when they learnt that their title had been revoked. They claim the NLC failed to give them right to be heard before revoking their title.